# Fractures at Wakefern Food Company
> OSHA SIR `2019043617` · 4/8/2019 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Wakefern Food Company
- **Location:** 505 Division Street, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07201
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning the corner with an electric pallet jack when the employee's leg was caught between warehouse racking and the jack, breaking the employee's tibia.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*